Morphy Destroys his Childhood Friend With Rook and Knight Odds! Amazing game :)

[@simonjacobs1376]

Perhaps the title of the video should read, "In exchange for the White's Rook and Knight, Black will move both his knights to the Queen side of the board as fast as possible for no reason".

[@user-fr3xl]

Very true🤣🔥

[@skovecka]

ah so he castled queenside?

[@notagain-j9p]

The mark of a great player lies in his ability to punish innacuracies briliantly. Im willing to bet a lot of money that if you had that position on the board you would still lose against a player of Maurice's caliber.

[@frankiegee6135]

Morphy:”good game friend” Charles: ? Morphy: “It’s mate in 27”

[@dudewheresmycube]

Checkmate in 27. How cool would it be to say that to an opponent.

[@oz_jones]

Soo, you wanna resign or what? :D

[@defunct6613]

@Osmorosvo lol you made my day xD

[@quanghoangminh7626]

HE TOTALLY WRONG, HE IS SO STUPID BUT HE THINK HES GENEROUS. I CHECK THAT WITH THE ENGINE

[@droceretik]

Why are you shouting? Is the content of your message not good enough?

[@wolffang21burgers]

In fairness he is correct (albeit being very metaphorically loud about it) 5:22 blacks best defence is Kg8 here. This gets out of reach of the discovery. Nf5 can be met with Rxf5 and Nf3 can be met with Rf6 and whites queen can't take the pawn on g7. Black is therefore winning by his material advantage. Furthermore, when Qxg7+ is played, Qh8# is slightly faster.

[@roshantiwari5442]

Kings come and go, horses however need to be safe.

[@premsarup1764]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@abraarmasud9194]

Lmao

[@panda4247]

"How to win games and lose friends" by Paul Morphy

[@ght3k7]

😂😂

[@msizimanqele2811]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mohammedsaqibkalsekar1058]

Actually no. I used to crush my friends by giving them queen odds, in return for two moves in the beginning. After playing e4 d4, they would get their move. I used to gain the centre and won 19, drew 2 and lost 1

[@hosoonkang2287]

Charles de maurian was also down 2 pieces considering the knights were useless lol

[@Sk8Fam]

lmao stupidly left them in the valley of no return

[@anatsusha09]

Milwaukee24 Sk8Fam The valley of no return......😂😂😂😂😂

[@Trilobita98]

Like what did he think morphy would do being down 2 pieces? Trade? No. Of course he would go for his king. So he should have put those pieces near the king to protect him

[@jangtheconqueror]

Knight sacrifice without actually putting them in danger

[@nabisco0523]

Dude, I was driving back from Los Angeles back to Vegas where I live, and then I saw the notification for this video, so I literally stopped at Ghost Town for 15 minutes just to watch this video lmao.

[@agadmator]

+BayToTheVeg Man, I wish you took a photo of that. I'd put it on my fridge :D

[@jcb3883]

Stuff of horror movies.

[@taowroland8697]

Randsburg or Johannesburg?

[@taowroland8697]

Because I was at there when the video came online too, hunting haha

[@omniferousswan593]

I just watch these while driving. Save a lot of time and I have a screen in my center console.

[@nlaszg]

This is how you learn to respect opponents position. Agadmator, add some elevator music for that 3 seconds you wait for move to be found, it will be funny. Greetings from Serbia.

[@CGoody564]

nlaszg I like it. Either that, or some "Jeapordy" music.

[@MrSupernova111]

lol

[@kanal2123a]

I ti ga gledas? Bas dobar youtuber =)

[@Astrobrant2]

That would be a cool suggestion if not for the existence of the pause button. I think most people would do that instead. Then they'd have to listen to the dumb music after making a decision. Oh, wait, we have a fast-forward button, too! Ahhh, technology!

[@arslongavitabreves]

#suggestion

[@kevinbyrne4538]

1:26 -- I wonder if Morphy's chess lesson to Charles de Maurian was to "place your knights safely on the edge of the board" and "be sure to create space around your king by advancing the pawns of his castle" ... and so forth.

[@zarifshoeb]

It was morphy's plan to "prepare" him for this game so that he will move his knights away like an idiot so that morphy himself can win with a rook and a knight odd 😂😂😂

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

This Charles guy really sucked at chess.

[@Eorzat]

It's always easy to say how much players "sucked" back then, but you have to remember that there was practically no theory compared to today. So, it's not a question of how "bad" Morphy's opponents were - it's more of how "good" Morphy was.

[@ilikecommenting6849]

Lmao laughed so hard at this. Have my like!

[@pcred5673]

i could have done worse lmao

[@andrewschultz6608]

Not as bad as N.N. All those blunders, and not a thing learned after 100 years.

[@velo_GG]

you dont need theory to know both your knights on the wrong side of the board make 0 sense..

[@arturcabral6347]

Yessssss, I love Morphy games.

[@chessidiot1754]

then you might know this one... kzbin.info/www/bejne/emnbZnqOhM6ggac

[@neeralm]

Apparently Morphy wasn't a good teacher.

[@ytmndman]

In later games, Morphy couldn't beat him with only knight odds.

[@josephbloggss7286]

There's some truth in the saying; "Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach."

[@11energize]

According to the description he ended up becoming pretty good. I guess this was an early game of his.

[@11energize]

Joseph Bloggss That makes no sense in this context

[@justinbieber8028]

@@josephbloggss7286 to an extent, yeah. But I think it’s more accurate to say that being good at something is different from being good at teaching.

[@abdullaalmosalami]

6:32 "... which is a really terrible move ..." This will now be in my head for every blunder I make.

[@leadnitrate2194]

It's in my head for every move I make.

[@user-hq2nm7zr5i]

Morphy is my favorite player to watch. More videos of his game please! Love the videos.

[@000aleph]

I love Morphy's trend-setting hair-do

[@kal386]

Wow I found the move this time

[@holgerjurjo4282]

Same

[@rusmeister7144]

I saw the title as “Morphy destroys childhood friend with Rook and Knights - odd”

[@aravinthbalakrishnan3427]

I am a simple man I see Paul morphy I hit the like button

[@chessidiot1754]

oh yeah? what about this .. mate?

[@droceretik]

Must be a Ghost or a visual Hallucination.

[@ebwholesaler]

After this game, Paul Morphy offered a rematch to his opponent, Charles... - " No, way ! " - " Come on, friend, i'll handicap myself by 15 pieces, and i'll just keep my White King..." - " NO WAY !!! " - " You... chicken !..." - " ?! O.k. Let's play ! " . .. ... (Game ended with a stalemate !!!) 😀

[@round3706]

You're right it does make you feel good about yourself. Excellent move.

[@404guru]

@6:18 "Sexually 27 moves, Butt..." :D

[@bongsoojung8894]

LOL

[@sascha269real]

“Its actually”is what he said

[@SLWRX617]

Hshaj humor? No, ok.

[@sascha269real]

Sean Tomas no?*

[@mertarican5456]

@@sascha269real r/woosh

[@mdwdirect]

I found your channel by chance recently and I am really enjoying your content and format. You have it figured out. Never boring, you keep my attention with every video. I am now a daily viewer. Thanks!

[@tavernaufalazhar8810]

In 5:34 Qh8# it's mate?

[@levanlomouri3579]

Taver Naufal seems so

[@Jkirek_]

He can just capture the queen with the king

[@LoserBroProductions]

Jasper Kole no he can’t

[@AGriffith]

Levan Lomouri hahahahaha that is true :P

[@lucaspaiva8659]

the king is on f8, and the queen on h8. The king can't do anything, it is checkmate. (or i missed sth. I'm a 1500 player on rapid)

[@jordypma1413]

5:34 Qh8#?

[@Gobis07]

Jord Ypma yeah I noticed that too

[@MTTR01]

King captures?

[@syedhumza9572]

but that wasn't long enough lol 😅😂 he really worked hard to find the longest mate 😂😆

[@deadxera]

@M01 King can't capture from F8 to H8

[@robiniekiller45]

Joshua Tate the queen can

[@RantyCat]

Always provide opera in the background in Morphy's matches.

[@anupambalawan]

On twitch board is smaller and your video screen occupies larger space. Give more space to board.

[@panmk1231]

5:34 qh8 mate in 1 XD, so didnt need to do 27 moves but ok, still checkmate anyway haha

[@teomar-ct9cs]

Nice find.

[@savageforce8452]

@@teomar-ct9cs qh8 is not mate because the black king can literally just capture the white queen; the queen wouldn't be defended on h8!

[@savageforce8452]

Qh8 is NOT mate;the queen could just be captured by the black king lol!

[@teomar-ct9cs]

Savage Force queen from h7 to h8 IS mate as the king is too far to capture. You must be thinking about 1 move after that

[@savageforce8452]

@@teomar-ct9cs I see that now thx

[@ron20010301]

5:33 You don't have to play Qxg7, because Qh8 is Checkmate

[@cuntcrusher9546]

ron20010301 but why?

[@fox2569]

5:35 then it's checkmate with Qh8.

[@fox2569]

At 5:35, qh8 instead of qg7 is checkmate.

[@Carrejae35]

Fox It’s not

[@fox2569]

Yes it really is. King is on f8 with nowhere to go after the Queen moves to h8, hence checkmate.

[@legace3485]

Always enjoy the games from old masters. Especially morphy

[@jeisonlucio]

At 5:34 instead of Qxg7+ leading to the long checkmate, isn't Qh8# better? =)

[@Sillytake1705]

Personally, if my opponent's queenside were removed, I would castle that way, rather than straight into his attack.

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

you missed Qh8# 5:34

[@agadmator]

+Ian Fischer Schilling Just checking if you're paying attention :) Nah, I totally missed it :)

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

agadmator's Chess Channel Hahahah Btw, thanks for your videos! I had stopped playing chess during over a year, but seeing your videos made me want to play again!

[@savageforce8452]

@@ianfischerschilling9779 but the queen could just be taken; the queen isn't protected on h8

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

@@savageforce8452 after Kf8, Qh8 is mate, nothing can take it

[@savageforce8452]

@@ianfischerschilling9779 Ah I see;I'm 1400 ,so of course I would miss mate in 2 lol

[@DanBurgaud]

Showing these Morphy games make me realize how amazing players back then were...

[@zarifshoeb]

Yeah sure everyone was a Paul morphy and no one was a Charles Maurium 😂😂😂

[@giriiyer3968]

Incredible twenty-seven move analysis Morphy is the Newton of chess

[@andyjewell7111]

I could watch morphy games all day everyday!

[@WWxeroWW.WERWKWWF__WPWWW.-_WWW]

so happy i found the move at the end since im only 800 rated and fairly new

[@robertfowler2895]

Best chess channel on KZbin. Thank you

[@Nullifidian]

Others have pointed out that the long checkmate is unnecessary, but I'd like to point out that black is winning after Rh8+ (5:05 in the video). Black doesn't have to make an escape square for the king immediately because of the two tempi white's move order gives him. After Rh8+ Kxh8, Qh2+ Bh4+, Nxh4 black can use the tempo to move Kg8. Now if white persists in playing Nf5, Rxf5 clears the escape square for the king. Black will be losing the exchange, but he started with such huge odds that it makes no difference. Rf8 is a bad move, but it's bad because of Rh7 with a threat of doubling on the h-file with Qh2. The only move black has to stop this plan is giving up material with Bh4+. After Nxe4, black does have to move the rook to clear an escape square. If he moves Re8, then Qe2 renews the threat of doubling on the h-file, this time with Qh5. If Rf6, then Qh2 is winning. Black's best move is to start retreating the king with Kf8, but then Rh8+ wins the queen.

[@Nullifidian]

Also at 7:31, your analysis is correct as far as it goes, but Ne5+ gives a faster mate. Ne5+ Ke8 (Kf6 Rg6#) Bg6+ Rf7 Bxf7+ Kf8 Rg8#

[@masoud2307]

Morphy's absent peaces were more useful than his friends 2 knights

[@Ardistan667]

De Maurian is really thriving in maneuvering his knights out of the game.

[@The_Milkman_Delivers]

It's amazing how well your channel has grown. I'll bet you hit 100K in no time.

[@unfrostedfortnite8133]

omg thank you for uploading this, please upload more morphy hes my fav player and his games are very instructive.

[@stevenmintz1]

How are you able to use the capture move at 2:40? The pawns are not diagonal.

[@azizeya7807]

7:10 "This is probably something Charles learned after this game" lol

[@divyamverma6320]

In my phone title of the video was like "Morphy destroys his childhood... " and I was like tf well that is a nice thing to destroy btw

[@zarifshoeb]

Me too man 😆

[@AGriffith]

definitely morphy is my favorite player...

[@oscaro.172]

Why doesn't Qxe8 work for black at 7:43? It wins material and it prevents Qg6#, right?

[@everettworld1765]

After Qxe8 Rg6 Kf7 and then Ne5#

[@aniketbramhankar5980]

Morphy - a genius of games with odds!

[@andrewschultz6608]

I was pleased I found ...Rf5. Going into this video I was hoping to find suggestions for Black to defend better, or opportunities to guess a better line, and I got them! I hope others were able to watch the video looking for how Black could improve, too.

[@geirtristananton9305]

At 5:34 wouldn't it be check mate if queen goes to the corner (h8) instead of capturing the pawn?

[@milliern]

You do a great job of finding interesting games. Great taste for interesting stuff!

[@jacksonhadden]

In the 27 move mate line, ouldn't it have ended much earlier with white Qh8# instead of Qxg7+ ? What am I missing???

[@doobiehowzer6068]

Agadmator is great at making a good day great thumbs up

[@rhalleballe]

At 5:35, instead of Qg7+?? simply Qh8 is check mate! No need for super long combination....

[@danielwang2714]

4:57 why does rook to f7 or f6 lead to checkmate? I ran the position on an engine (a weak one so it might not be accurate) and it gives black a slight advantage, less than -1. Can somebody clarify this?

[@oenrn]

If Rf6, then white follows with Rh8+, Qh2+, Qh7+ and Qh8#.

[@MyReligionIs2DoGood]

Am I taking crazy pills - or is Qh8 instead of Qxg7 at 5:35 not already checkmate?

[@rokanza2293]

MyReligionIs2DoGood it is, he missed it

[@MyReligionIs2DoGood]

@@rokanza2293 Also, after g6, if you're not capturing with the pawn, but play Rf6 instead, there is no mate. (The move gxh7+ can be answered with Kh8, and the white attack comes to a halt.) PS: I know it's late, but YT decided to put it into my recommended again. :P

[@precioustreasures6045]

i think you missed the mate in 1 Qh8 at 5.34 clock of your video..it was a side variation...you dont have to capture Qxg7+ which prolonged the mate..instead immediate Qh8 coz the knight is covering d7 square and the pawn is guarding e7 square.

[@pickypanda]

5:34 isn't it a mate in one with Qh8?

[@bandabanana4939]

IT IS!

[@flabbergasted5588]

At home eating oats at 1:54 AM watching agadmator chess videos LIFE IS GOOD

[@charananantha9245]

Morphy gave up his rook and a knight...Charles gave up both of his knights by placing them oddly 😂😂

[@ChalliceofLight]

Brilliant channel, buddy! Morphy was the TRUE best! New subscriber.

[@HenryMcCraken4]

K. I feel like a moron, but, 7:41, if qxe8 I don't see mate as g6 is covered... What am I missing

[@arazaratsyan6478]

Qxe8 Rg6+ Kf7 Ne5# or Qxe8 Rg6+ Qxg6 Qxg6# is why you can't go for that line, I believe. I think Bd6 is the only move that doesn't get checkmated immediately (although I think it still gets checkmated as Antonio showed). Rg8 is mate in 2, Qxe8 is also mate in 2, Rxe8 is mate in 1 and the King itself can't move anywhere.

[@TheToby121]

Old chess games are so interesting to me

[@droceretik]

Are they? Wow, your a legend.

[@Vahe345]

Another great video. Your the best!

[@pramitdhongade3995]

after 2 months of watching your videos i finally figured somthing out 😂😂

[@therealpaulmorphy]

Thanks for showing this game i sent in

[@agadmator]

+EL PINCHE BROKENGLASSM8 Thank you for suggesting :)

[@therealpaulmorphy]

agadmator's Chess Channel can you analysis this one too www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1337519

[@Sbizzy87]

At 7:42, why can't the black queen capture on E8,and eventually covers the G6 square,to prevent checkmate??

[@cretudavid8622]

Imagine going for the four nights game.....

[@10306630]

congrats man, love your channel!!!

[@Brandon-a-writer]

at 5:34 why not queen h8? It's mate. knight holds e7, pawn holds f7. am i missing something?

[@plectrumura]

Will you be covering the Reykjavic Open (March 9-12, if memory serves) by any chance? I'm going to Iceland that week and I was planning to watch a day if I could.

[@agadmator]

+plectrumura Yes, I might even come there

[@plectrumura]

Oh, awesome. Well, I'll buy you a beer if we bump into each other!

[@aaronwafflart6010]

I thought the title just said "morphy destroys his childhood " haha great video

[@LJLMETAL]

@7:44; what would happen if Black played Q×e8 instead of Bd6?

[@olegburik4687]

5:34 Qh8 was a checkmate in one?

[@ebwholesaler]

Why did Black stubborned to still castle King side when he saw at least 3 white pawns rushing in that direction ??? Black King would have been much safer by managing a Queen side castle during the opening sequence.

[@paulharris2025]

plot twist: it was a simultaneous exhibition and Charles was going for a checkmate with his knights on the other board on his right side

[@poolzokka]

5:03min. ...why sacing the Rook?! Qh2 is better, or?! 🤔

[@arazaratsyan6478]

Maybe something like Qh2 Bh4+ Nxh4 Rf6 stops the checkmate. I'm not sure; it seems complicated.

[@poolzokka]

@@arazaratsyan6478 yup. But I think, then Nf5 (can't be taken), Rxg6 forced. Then NxBe7+ and Qxe7. Followed by Qh8+, Kf7 forced. And Ra7. End is looming. ...I think 😅

[@arazaratsyan6478]

Maybe Bxg6+ leads to something for white after Kf7 instead of Ra7. But Kxg6 and then I don't see what white can do. There's a perpetual with Qh5+ Kf6 Qg5+ Qh5+ Kf8 Qh8+ etc. but I don't see anything better for white.

[@arazaratsyan6478]

My earlier reply here saying probably Ra7 loses after Bd7 disappeared for some reason...

[@arazaratsyan6478]

@@poolzokka So I came back to this with an engine out of curiosity, and apparently you're right. Stockfish gives Qh2 as mate in approximately 30 moves. Antonio's rook sac is actually losing, apparently. Instead of Rf6 in the line he showed, Black plays Kg8 and is winning. I guess he missed Kg8 or something.

[@richhmann]

You should make a video of you playing some puzzles on lichess!

[@dj4rapz]

I play like Morphy too - I have many pieces missing most of the time.

[@Jeybi_MUSIC]

4:55 how can rook lead to checkmate??

[@dislike__button]

Don't you see the checkmate in 47 moves?

[@bandabanana4939]

@@dislike__button 27*

[@stefdubbeldam5575]

at 5:34, after Kf8, Qh8 is mate

[@legace3485]

Stef Dubbeldam wonder how morphy missed that. Or maybe he purposely didn't play it?just to fuck with his buddy a bit maybe

[@brendanward2991]

Morphy didn't miss it. That was a variation that never arose because black played a different move.

[@AGriffith]

Matt Fuckoff Man.. he didnt play that because his opponent resigned like 5 moves before 😂😂😂 agad was just showing the continuation

[@ebwholesaler]

That wasn't played by these two guys. What you are refering to is just a few possible variations described by 'agadmator'...

[@vinm300]

7:18 "You have to give a piece back to defend : this is something Charles learned, probably, after this game".

[@kevinbyrne4538]

First time that I've ever seen Morphy play like a pawn pusher.

[@myronmomtaz3909]

Agad you missed mate in 1 QH8# ON 5:36

[@CARPB147]

Correct. Instead of Qxg4, the move QH8## is enough.

[@insertesunombre2614]

5:34 or maybe just Qh8#

[@argus9570]

This is the first time that I find the move😂

[@mathze]

Stop bashing poor Charles, he was playing one of history's strongest ever chess players for god's sake. He got much better later, look it up.

[@dagnurd]

On the variation with the rook sac, you missed a faster mate.as you showed in the video, Rh8+ Kh8, Qh2+ Bh4, Nxh4 Rf6, Nf5+ Kg8, Qh7+ Kf8, happens, but then Qh8++ is checkmate immediately, instead of Qxg7, which should be significantly shorter.

[@Shad2k8]

5:34 Why is queen H8 not checkmate i don't get it ...

[@angc214]

Ben Finegold talks about how poorly people of Morphy's era played. This is an example of that. De Maurian not developing early and moving his knights way off to the side of the board ignoring center control are exactly Finegold's points.

[@AdamPalatine]

Just a question: wouldn't moving Queen to G1 also be a good move?

[@samiraljubory6223]

Thank you brother

[@ericbender7404]

MORE MORPHY PLEASE!!!!

[@claytonbenignus4688]

Black's game started deteriorating at move 4. With those odds, Morphy had to go for a quick knockout, which means a wild Kingside Attack. This means Black has to get his defenders to the Kingside. Black's move 9 ignores this and is practically equivalent to resignation.

[@Tapmancsable]

What happpened at 2:41? Pawn captured an empty square?

[@captainnautilus9578]

please do a Korchnoi-Karpov game agadmator ;)

[@Astrobrant2]

It was clear that Charles was intent on attacking the queen side with his knights. Since this was a very bad strategy I don't know how fair it is to give Morphy credit for a great game. But it was very interesting to watch.

[@Universe-d6b]

Sir plz show more on Vishwanath anand games....

[@michaelmassaro4375]

The main mistake of Morphy’s opponent Morphy is shooting his pawns up the Board getting his Bishops Knight his one Rook and Queen all coming for Black’s King meanwhile Morphy’s opponent is tinkering around with his Knights on the Queen side of the Board once the Black Kings defense was shredded it was like the Floodgates were open seemed as if Morphy was simply toying with him I know you had said Black did not need to go after more pieces as he already has two pieces up but maybe he should’ve used that Bishop Rook and Queen to attack Morphy’s Kings defense he didn’t instead he’s going on horse rides Thanks for the Game Agadmator

[@zerquix18]

It's my 19th birthday and I'm just home watching your videos

[@TheXalkk]

Same was with me:D But it was my 20th bitrthday)

[@TheXalkk]

And happy birthday bro

[@lolousdeman5160]

Happy birthday man

[@fastpace101]

Happy bday!

[@GaneshKumar-bv2td]

Happy birthday!